{"id":14283,"date":"2021-05-09T20:44:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T00:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=14283"},"modified":"2024-03-21T15:36:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T19:36:47","slug":"shores-of-desire-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/14283","title":{"rendered":"Shores of Desire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shores of Desire<\/a><\/em> (1997) Tracy Grant<\/a> (Lescaut Quartet)<\/p>\n

\"Shores<\/a>Set in Scotland, Belgium, and France in 1815<\/p>\n

“I’m sorry.” Melton’s eyes warmed with sympathy. “I wish there was more I could say. But if there are words that ease such a grief, I have yet to discover them.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Don’t worry, Em. Leave it to the men.” <\/p>\n

The door closed behind him. Emma looked at Arabel. “I can’t imagine any words that would make me feel less confident.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“(W)hile I’m not a paragon of virtue, that’s one place I draw the line.” “Seducing governesses?” “Seducing any woman whose livelihood is dependent upon her respectability.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The cannonballs that should have ricocheted over the crest of the ridge and reached the men sheltering behind it were engulfed by the mud.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why couldn’t anger be a solid wall barricading one against the treacherous assaults of memory? Instead it was a fragile curtain, with great rents that let in the thoughts and impulses of the past.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher : Harper
\nRating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Leave it to the men.” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,30,292,33,207,8,742,41,26,56],"tags":[50,213,617,547,646,548,174],"class_list":["post-14283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-10","category-british","category-ebook","category-historical","category-mental-health-rep","category-mystery","category-physical-health","category-reread","category-romance","category-sexual-content","tag-boinking","tag-grief","tag-injury","tag-napoleonic-era","tag-pregnancy","tag-regency","tag-tracy-grant"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-3In","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5118,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5118","url_meta":{"origin":14283,"position":0},"title":"Shores of Desire","author":"Michelle","date":"February 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Shores of Desire (1997) Tracy Grant This is a boinking book, but it is also a marvelous historical mystery. 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